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Tributes as High St stalwart Donie O’Meara laid to rest

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By Sean Moriarty

One of Killarney’s great characters and bona fide old stock Donie O’Meara was laid to rest on Saturday morning.

Best known for running his famous bar and grocery store on High St, where Penny’s now stands, Donie’s life was interwoven with many aspects of the town.
He was a life-long supporter and member of Killarney Legion and held many key roles in the club over the years.

“The club extends its deepest sympathies to club legend Donie. He was a proud Legion and Muckross man who was involved in a variety of roles within the Legion Club for over 60 years. He served as club treasurer for many years and was a passionate fundraiser for the club. We will remember him as a great character and a kind man,” Legion PRO, Elaine O’Donoghue, said.

He was also a huge basketball fan and rarely missed a game involving a Killarney team.
His bar on High St served as an unofficial headquarters for Killarney Celtic Football Club members.

Donie is remembered as a likeable rouge.

“He loved to chat and he loved to meet people, but you should not have been too sensitive in his company as he was often out to shock to see what the reaction was like,” Fr Kieran O’Brien told the congregation at his Funeral Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday morning.
Donie, who was 78, was originally from the Muckross area.
He will be sadly missed by his loving family; sisters Sheila (O'Donoghue) and Eileen (Finn, Tralee), sister-in-law Helen (O’Meara), brother-in-law Pat Finn, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, relatives, neighbours, his many friends, the Legion community, and the staff and residents at St Columbanus Home.

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Legion GAA Club’s set dancers claimed the County Final title in Set Dancing

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Killarney Legion GAA Club’s set dancers recently claimed the County Final title in Set Dancing at Scór na bPáistí, held in the Tinteán, Ballybunion.
The winning group includes Diarmuid and Hannah O’Regan, Aoibheann and Cliona Hegarty, Sadie and Grace Brosnan, and Mark and Anne Marie O’Sullivan. Also pictured is their dance teacher, Hanna Majella O’Donoghue. The club was also represented at the finals by Abbey O’Leary, who performed in the solo dancing category.

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O’Leary and Lynch among local stars as Kerry win Camogie league final

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The “trilogy” between Kerry and Meath ended in triumph for the Kingdom on Saturday, as the Kerry Intermediate Camogie team secured the Division 2 league title in Banagher.


In a match dominated by a fierce breeze and relentless defending, Kerry edged out their rivals by 1-07 to 0-08. While the scoreboard remained low, the impact of the Killarney-area players was a decisive factor in securing Division 1B status for next season.
Kate Lynch of Glenflesk, a mainstay of the attack this season, started in the forward line and contributed to an offensive effort that gradually wore down the Meath backline. However, it was the second-half introduction of Rathmore dual star Danielle O’Leary that helped shift the momentum.
Entering the game in the 43rd minute, O’Leary sharpened the Kerry attack during the intense midfield battles of the final quarter. Her impact was most evident when she combined with fellow substitute Shannon Collins to set up Patrice Diggin’s only score from play, providing the platform for the game’s decisive moment.
In the 55th minute, Collins fired a low shot into the net to nudge Kerry ahead. Despite a late Meath rally, Patrice Diggin held her nerve to slot over two late dead-ball scores to seal the win.
While Kathryn Ryan, Áine Devlin, and Tiarna Dineen were part of the matchday panel and have played key roles throughout this unbeaten campaign, they were not called upon from the bench on this occasion.
Scorers for Kerry: P Diggin 0-07 (4fs, 2 45s); S Collins 1-00
Kerry: A Fitzgerald, T McCarthy, S Murphy, M Costello, R Quinn, N Leen, E O’Donoghue, P Diggin, C Spillane, A O’Sullivan, J Horgan, K Lynch, R O’Connor, L Collins, E Conway. Subs: D O’Leary for Conway, S Collins for Lynch (43); A Behan for Quinn (43)

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